Word
Bu konuyu yüz yüze konuşmak istiyorum.
Meaning
I want to discuss this topic face to face.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Bu konuyu yüz yüze konuşmak istiyorum.
bu
this
konuşmak
to speak / to talk
istemek
to want / to require / to call for
konu
topic, subject
Questions & Answers about Bu konuyu yüz yüze konuşmak istiyorum.
Why does konu take the -yu ending here?
It takes the specific direct object (accusative) ending -u (with a buffer -y-) because you are referring to a specific topic (bu konu). When you discuss a specific thing, the verb konuşmak requires the accusative case.
How exactly is the phrase yüz yüze formed?
The word yüz means "face". The second part, yüze, is yüz plus the dative case ending -e (meaning "to" or "towards"). So it literally translates to "face to face", functioning perfectly as an adverb just like in English.
I learned that konuşmak means "to speak". Does it also mean "to discuss"?
Yes! While you usually learn konuşmak early on as "to speak" or "to talk", it is very frequently used with a direct object to mean "to discuss" something, as seen in this sentence.
Why don't we conjugate konuşmak?
When you say you want to do something in Turkish, the action you want to do stays in its full infinitive form (-mak or -mek). You only conjugate the final verb, istemek (to want), which here becomes istiyorum (I want).